Zwiki vs. WackoWiki vs. Wiclear

General Features Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Version
0.61
6.2.1
1.0
Last Release Date
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (4 days ago)
2007-08-07 (18 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-30 (17 years ago)
2026-03-03 (4 days ago)
2007-09-16 (18 years ago)
Author
Simon Michael & the Zwiki dev team
WackoWiki Team
David Jobet
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPLv2
BSD
GPL2
Programming Language
Python
PHP
PHP
Data Storage
Database
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
anyone able to install or get access to a zope server
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
private users
System Requirements Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Operating System
any
OS Independent
All
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Zope
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
MySql
Datastorage Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Text Files
Plugin
No
No
MySQL
Plugin
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Plugin
No
No
Oracle
Plugin
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
No
No
Other
ZODB (zope object database)
MariaDB
Security/Anti-Spam Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
any supported by Zope authentication plugins
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
Host Blocking
Patch
Optional
Yes
Mail Encryption
Yes
Optional
Yes
nofollow
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Yes
Delayed Indexing
Patch
No
No
Development/Support Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#zwiki on freenode
Stars on GitHub
N/A
56 ⭐
N/A
Common Features Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Optional
Yes
No
Interface Languages
0
30
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
7
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Slovenian
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Flat
Flat
Flat
Categories
No
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
Page Locking
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
No
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Structured Data
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Links Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
CamelCase
Optional
Optional
Yes
Freelinks
Optional
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Unknown
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
HTML Tags
Optional
All
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
No
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
simple
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
Patch
No
Emoticon Images
Patch
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
No
Yes
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Yes
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Optional
No
No
Scripting
DTML
actions (PHP)
Not at the moment
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
No
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Section Editing
No
Yes
Yes
Page Templates
No
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Patch
Yes
No
Toolbar
No
Yes
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
Plugin
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
Yes
Yes
No
Statistics Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Optional
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Plugin
Yes
No
Analysis
No
Plugin
No
Output Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Yes
Abbreviations
Unknown
Patch
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
Yes
Yes
No
XML export
Yes
Yes
No
PDF Export
Patch
Patch
No
Office Export
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Media and Files Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
No
Image Editing
No
No
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Filenames only
Contents
No
Extras Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Blogs
Unknown
Optional
Unknown
Ticket System
Unknown
No
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Patch
Unknown
Syntax Examples Zwiki WackoWiki Wiclear
Internal Link
WikiName
[freeform name]
[[double-bracketed]]
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
[Title]
External Link
Bare urls plus markup-specific 
link syntax. This and all 
following syntax examples depend 
on which markup mode is used for 
a page, including:

restructured text, structured 
text, wikiwikiweb, moinmoin, 
html, plaintext..
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
[Title|http://url.to/]
Headlines
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
!title1
!!title2
!!!title3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
Italics Format
//italics//
''italic''
Underline Format
__underline__
Monospace Format
##monospace##
the text must be preceded by 2 spaces
and it will be pre formatted
Strikethrough Format
--strikethrough--
Superscript Format
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
,,subscript,,
Images
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
((image|title|left|longer description|100|100))
Aligning Text
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
Text Indentation
one
two
Bulleted Lists
*one
**One-two
*two
*three
*item1
*item2
**item21
**item22
*item3
Numbered Lists
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break


#item1
##item1.1
##item1.2
#item2
#item3
Definition Lists
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
;def1 : the complete definition of def1
;def2 : the complete definition of def2
Horizontal Rule
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